Sustainable UIC (Final Draft) To‚ Mark Donovan Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services‚ Office of Facilities Management‚ UIC Introduction: Sustainable is an adjective that should describe every institution in this 21st century‚ but unfortunately‚ in an objective analysis of many institutions‚ it rarely does. The purpose of this paper is to provide a preliminary blue print‚ made for the University of IL at Chicago‚ which can be easily modified and applied to any urban academic campus.
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for Sustainable Construction The construction of buildings in the United States accounts for thirty percent of waste output annually. The construction of these buildings also consume seventy-one percent of the total electrical energy in the U.S. Due to the diminishing health of our planet‚ it is evident that sustainability in construction is a necessity. Sustainable‚ or green‚ buildings are not only beneficial to the planet‚ but also to the owner‚ the designer‚ and the builder. Sustainable buildings
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Toward Sustainable Chemistry Terry Collins* Chemistry has an important role to play in achieving a sustainable civilization on Earth. The present economy remains utterly dependent on a massive inward flow of natural resources that includes vast amounts of nonrenewables. This is followed by a reverse flow of economically spent matter back to the ecosphere. Chemical sustainability problems are determined largely by these economy-ecosphere materials flows (see the figure‚ below)‚ which current
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process are seriously inadequate and weak due to poor education and lack of knowledge. It is necessary for local citizens to be educated with regard to tourism development and improve their policy participation ability. In order to achieve the sustainable tourism in Hainan‚ the policy-making process needs to get involve all the relevant stakeholders‚ consider their various interests‚ and achieve a collaborative tourism planning. Normally‚ these parties have dramatically different views on the direction
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Sustainable Marketing Sustainable marketing refers to way of marketing which incorporates needs of the customer‚ the organisation and the society in general over a long term. It means designing and marketing products that can be used universally by all the consumers across the world over extended periods‚ without causing harm to either the consumers or the environment. It applies traditional marketing techniques but in a specific context. This category of marketing seeks to capitalize on the increased
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Introduction Sustainable development is basically a simple idea to us all. We must achieve a balance between economic‚ social and environmental objective. If we are to maintain and improve the quality of our own lives and pass that quality on to future generations‚ we must use finite natural resources in an efficient way without waste‚ and protect the natural environment to enhance the ability of future generations to maintain and improve their lives. Sustainable development in the housing will
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Sustainable Fashion: A Growing Need For Eco-Friendly Clothing Abstract Every consumer is probably aware that the products they purchase have some kind of effect on the environment. However‚ the average person does not know that the textile and clothing manufacturing industry has one of the greatest. Sustainable fashion is part of a growing design philosophy which some brands and designers are taking into consideration. The goal of this trend is to create
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GOOGLE ’S DRIVERLESS CAR PRESENTED BY: Mandeep Wadia Atul Sharma Himangshu Talukdar 1/10/2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We express our deepest gratitude to Dr. Piyush Verma (Assistant Professor‚ L M Thapar School of Management‚ Thapar University‚ Patiala) who provided us this opportunity to work on the latest innovations and technologies in industry and without whom‚ it
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Recommendations for Managers After concluding market research‚ primary research‚ and research on sustainable marketing with its positive and at times unchanging affects that it has on sales‚ the next section will elaborate on the recommendations for managers of corporations. Companies have taken more interest in their commitment to sustainable marketing as the benefits become more apparent‚ and the alternative more unsustainable. Just as natural resources are becoming insufficient and costly; stakeholders
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Sustainable future In a world with an ever increasing population ways must be considered to maintain the current population and meet the demands of future population growth. The world population is estimated to hit 7 billion in the very near future. This is a startling contrast to the population of the 1800’s being estimated to be a paltry 1 billion. Increasing technology and over use of natural resources has led to a population boom. Many experts estimate that the world population will double
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